John Kerry is an even more dangerous man than I thought (from AP):

On the War on Terror? End it. Instead, let's assign lots of FBI agents to the case and get real tough. Maybe we'll get that dude from CSI! And then, once bin Laden is caught, we'll get that guy from Law and Order. Or that chick. Yeah, she's tough.

I want him tried for murder in New York City, and in Virginia and in Pennsylvania," where planes hijacked by al-Qaida operatives crashed Sept. 11, 2001...

He called the Bush administration's attempt to create a Muslim security force in Iraq an overdue act of desperation. "Great idea," he said. "Should have been done from the very beginning."

Kerry has long been an opponent of the death penalty, but in recent years has made an exception for terrorism. The former prosecutor said crimes like rape and child murder do not warrant the highest punishment.

"It's certainly terrorizing to the person who's undergoing it. I understand that," Kerry said. "But terrorism is a political act to terrorize a nation, to try to challenge a way of life and a standard.. It's just a different act."

Asked whether he believes abortion is taking a life, Kerry said a fetus is a "form of life."

"The Bible itself - I mean, everything talks about different layers of development. That's what Roe v Wade does. It talks about viability. It's the law of the land."

Michelle Malkin also notes the disaster Kerry's foreign policy would be:

So, this is how Kerry proposes to make America "stronger and more secure?" By adopting the Clinton law enforcement approach as the primary means to combat Islamic terrorism? "Fastest, surest route" to a murder conviction? What about the need to interrogate bin Laden and gather critical intelligence on al Qaeda? Where did Kerry ever get the idea that putting bin Laden through our civilian courts would be "fast?" And how clueless could he possibly be to ignore the fact that much of the evidence against bin Laden (for example, statements of interrogated al Qaeda detainees such as Ramzi bin al Shibh and Khalid Sheik Mohamed) would be inadmissable at trial?

The idea of prosecuting suspected terrorists like burglars or drug dealers seems to make sense in principle, but jury trials for War on Terror suspects are fraught with peril.

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Ace is having a haiku contest. Check it out, enter the contest, or read my entry.

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Bill at INDC and Dorkafork have a few words on John Kerry's hamster CPR technique. But are we sure Kerry didn't miss the mouth?

Courtesy of Big Hominid

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....says terrorist's mother. Her reason? Because he is religious.

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The not-gay version.

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Via Cranky Neocon

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Reuters:

Simultaneous bomb attacks struck the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Uzbekistan as well as the state prosecutor's office in the capital Tashkent Friday, killing at least two people and wounding five.

The action appeared clearly coordinated, days after the start of a trial in Tashkent of 15 suspected Islamist extremists on charges of trying to overthrow the ex-Soviet state in connection with attacks in March that killed nearly 50 people.

UPDATE: Good news, no American casualties but....

Outside the heavily fortified American compound, a body believed to be that of a homicide bomber lay in the street across from the entrance.

For updates I suggest Jeff Quinton and the Command Post

Update: Best observation by Jane:"Once we reestablish our alliances with France and Germany, this won't happen any more."

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Stella Jatros believes so and Robert Spencer has the goods:

For the past 10 years, the most senior leaders of al Qaeda have visited the Balkans, including bin Laden himself on three occasions between 1994 and 1996. The Egyptian surgeon turned terrorist leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri has operated terrorist training camps, weapons of mass destruction factories and money-laundering and drug-training networks throughout Albanian, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria, Turkey and Bosnia. This has gone on for a decade. Many recruits to the Balkan wars came originally from Chechnya, a jihad in which Al Qaeda has also played a part.

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Check it out HERE. A hearty bonjour to my French reader (singular), whoever you are.

(I'm betting it's John Kerry and that he needs to read in his native tongue)

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Time and time again IÂ’ve heard from disgruntled Democrats that the economy is doing horribly. Others might begrudgingly admit that the economy is improving, but that somehow we are worse off now than we were under Bill Clinton. Despite multiple indicators showing a robust economy and a strong jobs market, Democrats continue to peddle the line that this is the worst economic recovery in memory.

According to John KerryÂ’s official website:

America is still in the worst job recovery since the Great Depression, with 1.9 million private-sector jobs lost in the Bush presidency

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This one seems more confirmable as the source is Reuters and they are quoting the Prez of Pakistan:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Pakistan has arrested a senior al Qaeda figure with a bounty of up to $25 million on his head, Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat told CNN television Thursday...

Al Arabiya said the suspect may be Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. Ghailani is the only Tanzanian on the FBI's most wanted "terrorists" list, for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings by al Qaeda of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Pakistan later said it had arrested a key suspect in the bombings.

Ghailani was among seven people about whom the United States said in May it was seeking information amid fears of a possible attack in the near future.

An FBI Web site lists Ghailani as a suspect in the African embassy bombings and says it is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading to his capture.

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Remembering the hostages that have been murdered in the name of Islam since 9/11. E-Mail me if I have overlooked any one.

1) Raja Azad (July 2
2) Sajad Naeem (July 2
3) Georgi Lazov (July 13) (rant)
4) Ivaylo Kepov (presumed dead) (probably July 14)
5) Keith M. Maupin (June 2
6) Kim Sun-il (June 22)
7) Paul Johnson (June 1
Hussein Ali Alyan (June 12)
9) Nick Berg (May 12)
10) Fabrizio Quattrocchi (April 16)
11) Martin Burnham (June 7, 2002)
12) Daniel Pearl (Feb. 2, 2002)

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Jeff Quinton just e-mailed me with a report that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man who brought you such beheadings as 'Kim Sun-il' and 'Nick Berg', has been captured.

Since the source for the info is an internet posting, I'm not holding my breath on this one. Fingers crossed, expectations low.

Update: Looks like all of us are a bit skeptical ---and Dr. Stotch (see comments) wonders when the ACLU is going to get called in.

Udate 2: Kevin says US command is denying the report.

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1 Technically the source of the Lewinsky thing was an "internet posting" too... just have to qualify and say it was info posted on the Internet and then reported on by a Russian news agency and then recycled by a Bulgarian one Novosti (the Russian source) didn't have their English language site updated to reflect it last I checked. I'll check their Russian site and see how rusty my cyrilic recognition is shortly.

Posted by: Jeff at July 29, 2004 04:42 PM (VxoRA)

2 I'll keep my fingers crossed that he "resists" arrest and takes a slug in the skull. Otherwise the Democrats will sue to get him a jury trial.

Posted by: Professor Chaos at July 29, 2004 04:56 PM (DR0O+)

3 Get Johnny Cochran!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at July 29, 2004 05:01 PM (IOJLY)

4 I pray the posting is correct. If it is though, can we start taking bets about how long something about the timing will appear in the NYT? I bet one day.

Posted by: Jane at July 29, 2004 07:08 PM (PcgQk)

5 It's definitely not true. No way, no how.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at July 29, 2004 09:09 PM (IOJLY)

6 I'll keep my fingers crossed that he "resists" arrest and takes a slug in the skull. Otherwise the Democrats will sue to get him a jury trial. A jury trial and confinement would be much better for the country because he would be a vital source of information. Winning the war isn't about vengeance.

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Bigger than an Instalaunch...more powerful than a link at Wizbang...gauranteed to make any blogger a Higher Being, if only for a day...its the Jawalaunch!

Go visit Professor Chaos, written by the always amusing Bu Dr. Leopold Stotch. On behalf of the citizens of Rock Ridge, I present to you a hearty handshake and a laurel!

His most recent post, Democrat Strategy: Lie to Dumb People, is a sure fire crowd pleaser.

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(As imagined by the Commissar)


"and then there is the lavish praise and appreciation for everything and anything new and different. new shoes? pop those suckers on with a little skirt and go prancing up and down each staircase and each hallway and watch the heads turn and occasionally roll. "cute shoes!" "oooh my gosh those are adorable!!!" "I LOVE YOUR SHOOOOES!!!!!! WHEREDIDYOUGETTHEMMMMM???" anytime you're testing an outfit, unsure of a purchase, sporting a new hairstyle, or simply in need of a little admiring, the Fleet Center is a sure place to get it. just wrap yourself in the warm, snuggly blanket of Party love and/or jealousy."

For more guest blogging action, see the Commie's post. Very funny!

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Via Jeff Quinton (again) comes this:

A militant group holding two Pakistani contractors hostage said on Wednesday it had killed the men, according to the Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera

When I get confirmation I will add them to the list, lest we forget: Raja Azad and Sajad Naeem

UPDATE: The Pakistani Embassy has confirmed that the two are dead.

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Via Drudge here is the link. Notice how she got in the country. The open border policy of the Libertarian Party is just about the only thing keeping me from signing up. Tom Clancy, you are a prophet:

A South African woman picked up in Texas almost 10 days ago may turn out to be a key, high-level al-Qaida operative.

Her name is Farida Goolam Mohamed Ahmed. She was stopped at McAllen Miller International Airport on July 19 headed to New York....

Ahmed reportedly later confessed to investigators that she entered the country illegally by crossing the Rio Grande River.

Government sources tell FederalNewsRadio.com that capturing this woman could be comparable to the arrest of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11. It was revealed in court Tuesday that she was on a watch list and had entered the U.S. possibly as many as 250 times.

Tuesday, the South African government issued a warning that Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe had obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government agency that issues the documents.

Update: Michelle Malkin may be the most informed blogger on the immigration debate and ties this news to other happenings in the Southwest. Worth the read.

Also: Jeff Quinton or his post at The Command Post

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Now which one did Falwell say was gay? Allah has the answer.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention Bigfoot.

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World to be spared trial, Saddam may be dying (fingers crossed!!). [note: not the most reliable news source]

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